摘要 |
<P>PROBLEM TO BE SOLVED: To prevent an image carrier and an intermediate transfer body exposed from an image forming unit from being touched with a hand or damaged. <P>SOLUTION: In an image forming apparatus 10, a sheet of protection paper 101 attached to the image forming unit 96 can be ejected from a space between the image forming unit 96 and an image forming apparatus body 12 after installing the image forming unit 96 in the image forming apparatus body 12. Consequently the image carrier and the intermediate transfer body can be prevented from being touched with a hand or damaged at the time of installing the image forming unit 96 in the image forming apparatus body 12. <P>COPYRIGHT: (C)2006,JPO&NCIPI |